fight for a prize of 1 million dollars, presents the golden and#039;Riyadh seasoner#039; ball – is worth 20 points and is used only when the sport and maximum break is reached.
A new snooker tournament in Saudi Arabia has a 20-point gold ball for players who make up to 147 breaks.Seven-time world champion Ronnie Oand#039;Sullivan is 4-6 in Riyadh. hit the March event, with reigning Crucible champion Luca Brecel and 2019 winner Judd Trump also in the 10-player field.Although matches are played according to World Snooker rules,
the 23rd golden ball, known as the and#039;Riyadh Season balland#039; and worth 20 points, is a new feature.It can only be potted after all other balls have been successfully removed from the table and the player is at the maximum break to reach 167.It has not yet been determined where the golden ball will be placed on the table.Promoter Eddie Hearn said in a tweet that the $1m [£788m] prize would be split between the contestants.Heard wrote: and#039;Big news for snooker tonight as we confirm the first major televised tournament in Saudi Arabia! The Riyadh season’s World Masters of Snooker tournament features the world’s top eight players with two wildcards and a million dollar prize pool! 4.-6. March, leave it!and#039;.
It continues Saudi Arabia’s investment in the sport, with the kingdom hosting a number of high-profile boxing matches in recent years, including Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.Formula 1 is a time of competition, while the huge sums of money invested in the professional football league of Saudi Arabia have attracted the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo,
Neymar and Karim Benzema.But England midfielder Jordan Henderson, who earned £350,000-a-week at Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq, has just six months left on his contract with Ajax after failing to agree a deal.Saudi Arabia is the sole bidder for the 2034 FIFA Men’s World Cup after Australia withdrew from the competition.Tennis signed a five-year deal to host the next generation of ATP finals there, while Saudi Arabia shook up golf by poaching top players for its lucrative LIV Tou..
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